<a title="AST 77´s Bamboo-Clad Passive House is Elegant and Passive" href="http://www.ast77.be/" target="_blank">AST 77 Architecten</a> built this beautiful bamboo home that sits elegantly within Belgium´s Beukenlaan area. Immersed in a woodland environment, this <a title="AST 77´s Bamboo-Clad Passive House is Elegant and Passive" href="http://inhabitat.com/bamboo-wing-is-a-sculptural-vietnamese-restaurant-immersed-in-water/" target="_blank">bamboo</a> home blends with the forest thanks to its vertical design and natural facade. Made from locally-sourced timber and a black steel frame that holds thousands of dried bamboo sticks, the elegant three-story home sits on a modest footprint and provides both passive heating and ventilation.

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AST 77 Architecten's bamboo cladded house

Measuring 387 square foot, this house was constructed on a slope where another house was standing until 2010.

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AST 77 Architecten's bamboo cladded house

During winter times, the house is passively warmed up thanks to good insulation and sunshine in, as the surrounded decidious trees loose their leaves.

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AST 77 Architecten's bamboo cladded house

During the summer, the house gets a cool green shade from the trees and crossed ventilation is possible as there are plenty of windows througout all facades.

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AST 77 Architecten's bamboo cladded house

Meassuring 85 foot lenght and only 14 foot wide, this cool Belgian home has three floors flooded with minimal designs and sliding doors into the garden, and into the woods.

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AST 77 Architecten's bamboo cladded house

The kitchen´s U-shape furniture works out as a balcony overlooking the living area, great for cooking entretaining friends.

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AST 77 Architecten's bamboo cladded house

A beautiful house in the forest made from a bamboo forest, this house has another effortesly but brilliant aspect to it, its façade changes color with the seasons.

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AST 77 Architecten's bamboo cladded house

AST 77 Architecten built this beautiful bamboo home that sits elegantly within Belgium´s Beukenlaan area. Immersed in a woodland environment, this bamboo home blends with the forest thanks to its vertical design and natural facade. Made from locally-sourced timber and a black steel frame that holds thousands of dried bamboo sticks, the elegant three-story home sits on a modest footprint and provides both passive heating and ventilation.